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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bowman's Ex'rs v. Tucker 22 Tenn. 648 1842 0 Tennessee
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Wilson v. Hoss 22 Tenn. 142 1842 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Lewis 22 Tenn. 29 1842 0 Tennessee
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Dezell v. Odell 3 Hill & Den. 215 1842 1 New York
Smith v. Ross 22 Tenn. 220 1842 0 Tennessee
Hartsell v. George 22 Tenn. 255 1842 0 Tennessee
Lee v. Gause 24 N.C. 440 1842 0 Sales North Carolina
Gass’ Heirs v. Gass’ Ex’rs 22 Tenn. 278 1842 0 Tennessee
Sydney v. State 22 Tenn. 478 1842 0 Tennessee
Winnard v. Robbins 22 Tenn. 614 1842 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 37 N.C. 309 1842 1 North Carolina
Price v. Sharp 24 N.C. 417 1842 1 North Carolina
Helm v. Steele 22 Tenn. 472 1842 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Anderson 22 Tenn. 581 1842 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Eakin 22 Tenn. 413 1842 0 Tennessee
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Hinton v. Cole 22 Tenn. 656 1842 0 Tennessee
Amis v. Smith 41 U.S. 303 1842 1 United States